On the sixth day of Pedals and Effects you have a chance to win…a DOD Boneshaker. Photo credit: Digitech Background: It’s no secret that we here at Pedals and Effects love us some DOD, so when Digitech announced that they were bringing it back we were ecstatic. Digitech has done a great job re-issuing the...

On the third day of Pedals and Effects you have a chance to win…a DOD Gonkulator. Photo credit: Digitech Background: In the 1990’s DOD made some incredible pedals that were criminally underrated. I’ve spoken volumes about my love for DOD pedals, especially the Meatbox. The DOD Gonkulator is another underrated but beloved gem and...

This week’s Vintage Pedal of the Week entry is a story about a music industry behemoth dipping their feet into manufacturing effects pedals. The behemoth in question is Marshall amplification, and for a very brief time they tried their hand at manufacturing a series of amp simulating distortion pedals. Photo credit: shortscale.org Marshall of course, is known worldwide...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Joel! Joel is a longtime bass player who’s just as professional as his rig is! Joel’s got a good mix of pedals and plenty of sonic options to work with. We don’t see too many rack mounted rigs these days, so it’s always cool to see...

Hello from Ireland! I am here, getting to do a clinic for Earthquaker Devices at the great MusicMaker store in Dublin! While here, I realized that my demo boards don’t have one of my favorite pedals Earthquaker Devices makes…the Zap Machine! So I decided to post the review Dan Elkan (of Hella and Zavalaz) and...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard comes from bass player August (who prefers to be called Augie)! Augie’s board has all the bass essentials with the inclusion of a few pedals that can get some really far out sounds. He also has one of the most color coordinated boards I’ve ever seen! Style points! Let’s...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Gregory! Gregory only recently started getting into pedals as of a year ago, but at PedalsAndEffects we’re all about equal opportunity in innovation! Let’s take a look at what Gregory is working with: Gregory starts off into an MXR Micro Amp, a great signal booster by...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Patrice, all the way from Belgium! Patrice is a bass player who holds down the groove in his band where he plays a combination of funk, soul, reggae and rock. For this reason he’s got the essentials on his board. Let’s take a look at what...

Here we go with one of the heaviest pedals I’ve reviewed in a while! The Big Distortion Sound Machine by Devi Ever FX! What makes this pedal so over the top is the Big Distortion Sound Machine’s ability to send one input to not one but two distortion circuits! Check out the wild square wave sounds...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Joe from LA! Joe’s working with a modest sized board with plenty of sonic options by Earthquaker Devices. Let’s take a look! Joe’s board starts off with everyone’s long-standing favorite tuning pedal the BOSS TU-2 Tuner, immediately followed by a signal kickstart into a Xotic...

Today’s Show Me Your Pedalboard entry comes from Magnus from Sweden! Magnus has got a great mix of boutique pedals and some newer pedal entries from bigger companies. Magnus really makes use of the space of his board to maximize his sound, let’s take a look! Magnus’ chain starts off into an Ernie Ball...

Today’s pedalboard comes from Nils! Let’s check it out: Nil’s signal starts off into a BOSS TU-3 Tuner. In case you didn’t know, the TU-3 is an updated version of the universally loved TU-2. The TU-3 has up-to-date electronics and more accurate tuning. It’s an upgrade in every way possible for a pedal as...